The Dickinson press., 1887-05-07
GEE NEW ENGLAND NEImHgORS.
What They Want aud Mliat They Don't
Want.
A Spicy Letter From the Embryo City.
NEW ENGLAND CITY. DAK.,/

New ENGLAND CITY. DAK..l
May 9th. 1851.
EDITOR PRl>>.-We the pioneer set.
of the New England Colony for
Dakota, having arrived at our new
i'll the adjoining county of IIet.
perhaps You may cart to have
me speak for the crowd aud tell yuu.
and through ynn the good people of
Dickinson and vicinity who we are.
where we are from, what we propose
to do. what w" want and what we
think of you. We are from New Eng
land. every state in that section being
represented among our band. We are
farmers, mechanics, merchants. pro-
frSsional mrn-a very fair average of
New England people. il do say it
though | am round sllouldcred with
modesty. We started from home last
Thursday-inter.state law to the con-
trary Observation-Disclosures after a
varied experience of four days rail
road travel .reacltd the end of our
journey; all the champion liars. like
the crowd of trmnps. seem to line the
railroads from here to Boston. and
from the start we have been filled III,
with lies about our new home from
parties who wanted to locate MS some
where else. Snakes. cyclones, alkali
desert, sage brush and so on. are few
of the tcrrors shaken before our eyes;
but having travelled 2l671s miles, be-
ing full grown. having our eye teeth
cut. we propose to see for ourselves.
The location we have selected for our
new town, New England City. is Il
fine one, and as soon as we get the
horse cars running and our electric
lights going we should be pleased to
have You come down and spend Il day
with MS. We propose to do as other
successful colonies have done i'm this
territory, to take up land and go to
work with a will and build up IL com.
mumity of Our OWL. When we reached
| the high bluff ut the Cannon Ball riv-
cr and looked over our location, spread
for miles and miles all around us, we
must confess to Il slight feeling of
goneness, and if we had been within
mailing distance of home. we should
probably have Sncaked under cover of
our various domicilcs. and once back
should have reelected some time be-
fore starting out again. But we are
here to stay and as we look over our
possessions we havemo cause to regret
having taken II purse hitlcr. We
have Il beautiful and fertile section.
we'll watered and with plenty of coal
all around us, and after we have got
used to tho. surroundings and got down
to solid work, we shall be c%ontentcd
and happy in Our new homes. What
we want of you it would take us Il
good while to tell you, and we don't
want the earth either. only 1870 acres
of it ut Il time each; we want you to
use us white, and to look upon us not
rs rivals, but as neighhors whose in.
terests will be identical with youl
own. \ railroad will soon reach us
from your town and there will of ne.
cessity be much intercourse between
your town and ours. and we want it
to be us friendly as possible; we want
| your advice and friendly assistance in
Il thousand little ways. We don't want
to be filled with CUFF; we don't want to
he told that this land will yield $50
bushels of wheat to the acre. or that
you don't have any winter here at all.
Give us the straight truth every time.
Don't raise your prices OH live stock
when we try to purchase; we are ten
derfeet of course, but we don want
to be asked two prices for Il farrow
COW, especially if both pricees are
twice what the COW is worth. We
want to pay Il fair price for a fair az
ticlc and we don't wish any one to. try
to take advantage of IL pressing ne.
cessities. Then again we want to get
down to our new townsite without
having some one there to head us off
and locate us somewhere in Stark
county. Stark is a good county, so is
Hettinger, necessarily, being located
along side of each other. Two of our
number, Winship and Colson came
out here in advance of our party a
few weeks ago to wait till the first lot
got along, and then go with us down
to New England City. They came
to your town, and though our brand
was fresh and registered according to
law, they have vanished. possibly they
| have located around there somewhere.
Bruce shall find them sure, and wher.
ever we find them we shall claim
| them. Let us alone to make our own
choice of lands and location. There
are people enough coming along after
us and what benefits uettinger coun.
ty will likewise prove to be a good
thing for Stark. We have hardly had
time to look you over yet, SO as to
Judge you correctly; but when you tell
us how recently this town was started
we wonder ut your growth, seeing
such fine buildings and so many OF
hem all YER your townsite. Person.
ally we like you much. Your promi.
nent men have come to Viz unasked
and assured us that we should have
every assistance and encouragement
at your hands. and we thank you fol
the kind offer. By and by. when we
have got our wind and looked matters